Eugene KURTZ (1923-2006). Three autograph music manuscripts, Suite for two pianos and for small orchestra, 1951. Three versions of this Suite for two pianos and its orchestration. I Not too fast; II Slowly with motion; II Rather fast with abandon. Suite for two pianos, dated " April 1951 Paris, France "; 37 pages 35 x 26 cm, in black ink on bifeuillets assembled in 2 booklets with 6 systems of 2 staves per page Suite for small orchestra (1st version), dated "April-June 1951 Paris, France"; 72 pages 35 x 27 cm, in black ink on 24-line bi-fold sheets assembled in 4 books; pencil note at the top of the 1st page: "This score is the original orchestration of the Suite. It is not very good! The revised orchestration (the one which goes with the score & parts) is to be found in this same package. Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, percussion, piano, strings. Orchestration; 57 pages 35 x 27.5 cm in titled folder, in pencil on 26-line paper (usually 2 systems per page, hence sometimes double-paginated 7-14, 8-16, 9-18; inconsistent pagination); many traces of erased corrections. The tempo of the 1st movement has become Fast and precisely. Attached is the manuscript of the orchestration clean-up, in India ink on 24-line tracing paper: the 1st movement alone autographed (28 pages), the suite (pp. 29-82) by a copyist. Plus the material on tracing paper by a copyist.
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€1,000 - €1,500
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Not sold
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28%
Eugene KURTZ (1923-2006). Three autograph music manuscripts, Suite for two pianos and for small orchestra, 1951.
Three versions of this Suite for two pianos and its orchestration.
I Not too fast; II Slowly with motion; II Rather fast with abandon.
Suite for two pianos, dated " April 1951 Paris, France "; 37 pages 35 x 26 cm, in black ink on bifeuillets assembled in 2 booklets with 6 systems of 2 staves per page
Suite for small orchestra (1st version), dated "April-June 1951 Paris, France"; 72 pages 35 x 27 cm, in black ink on 24-line bi-fold sheets assembled in 4 books; pencil note at the top of the 1st page: "This score is the original orchestration of the Suite. It is not very good! The revised orchestration (the one which goes with the score & parts) is to be found in this same package. Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, percussion, piano, strings.
Orchestration; 57 pages 35 x 27.5 cm in titled folder, in pencil on 26-line paper (usually 2 systems per page, hence sometimes double-paginated 7-14, 8-16, 9-18; inconsistent pagination); many traces of erased corrections. The tempo of the 1st movement has become Fast and precisely.
Attached is the manuscript of the orchestration clean-up, in India ink on 24-line tracing paper: the 1st movement alone autographed (28 pages), the suite (pp. 29-82) by a copyist. Plus the material on tracing paper by a copyist.
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